Lipid mobilization and gluconeogenesis in plants: Do glyoxylate cycle enzyme activities constitute a real cycle? A hypothesis

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 378, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 803-813

  Escher, Claire Lise ^a   Widmer, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Beta oxidation; Gluconeogenesis; Glyoxylate cycle; Glyoxysomes; Lipids; Peroxisomes

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GLYOXYLIC ACID; LIPID; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALIC ACID; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL METABOLISM; CELL ORGANELLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; GLUCONEOGENESIS; HIGHER PLANT; HYPOTHESIS; LIPID METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MITOCHONDRION; MODEL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PEROXISOME; PLANT; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVIEW;

GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLYOXYLATES; LIPID METABOLISM; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS;

ANIMALIA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0030847930     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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